Holy Deviled Eggs!!! Upcoming Historical Romance Books!!!!

 March 29, 2022

Authors with an asterisk*, I'm picking up! Authors with **asterisks have either fallen off my radar or new to me, and I'm might read them this time around. Release dates mostly between April 15, 2022 and May 14, 2022. For more Upcoming Releases that aren't historical see HEY DELIA!!
 
Series indicates a series, spin-off, sequel, trilogy, brother/sister, secret society/spies, good friends who attended Oxford/Eton, vampire/werewolf - anything that has something continuing - even if written 20 years ago. Anthology/novella/short stories could be an anthology or a bunch of books in one print or novella - one tiny book or an anthology with a bunch of novellas - could be a short stories by one author, could be short stories by multiple authors - could be - I'm getting a headache. Ebook, only sold electronically for now. Debut - congratulations!

By the way, it is not my fault if a publisher changes the release dates - just so you know, they do not consult me. Let me also add this warning - since I am now using different sources, I am finding that one person's genre isn't necessarily another persons - sorry if your book is in the wrong genre.

 

Historical Romance 

	Alyssa Clarke https://alyssa-clarke.com/ Dear, Mr. Fairbanks, Kindle ebook Those Very Bad Fairbanks April 22
	Annabelle Anders http://www.annabelleanders.com Rescued by the Rake, ebook, RJP cover look-alike alert! Miss Primm’s Secret School for Budding Bluestockings April 19
	Bronwyn Scott http://bronwynswriting.blogspot.com/ Miss Peverett's Secret Scandal April 26
	Caroline Linden* http://www.carolinelinden.com All the Duke I Need Desperately Seeking Duke April 26
	Cassandra Dean https://www.cassandradean.com/ Stealing Lord Stephen, ebook Lost Lords April 21
	Christi Caldwell https://www.christicaldwell.com/   One for My Baron, ebook All the Duke’s Sins Prequel April 29
	Eva Shepherd https://www.evashepherd.com/ A Dance to Save the Debutante Those Roguish Rosemonts April 26
	Gina Conkle http://www.ginaconkle.com A Scot is Not Enough Scottish Treasures April 26
	Golden Angel A Season for Smugglers, ebook Deception and Discipline April 21
	Grace Burrowes http://www.graceburrowes.com/ Never a Duke Rogues to Riches April 26
	Heather McCollum http://www.heathermccollum.com Highland Justice Sons of Sinclair April 26
	Janna MacGregor** http://www.JannaMacGregor.com/   Rules for Engaging the Earl The Widow Rules April 26
	Kerrigan Byrne http://www.kerriganbyrne.com Crying Wolfe, ebook Goode Girls May 10
	Lara Temple https://www.laratemple.com The Earl She Should Never Desire April 26
	Lauren Smith https://laurensmithbooks.com/ In Like Flynn, ebook Pirates of King’s Landing April 20
	Michelle Willingham http://www.michellewillingham.com The Iron Warrior Returns April 26
	Millie Adams The Duke's Forbidden Ward Scandalous Society April 26
	Sarah Rodi https://www.goodreads.com/sarahrodi Escaping with Her Saxon Enemy Rise of the Ivarssons April 26

Historical Fiction

	Alison Weir http://www.alisonweir.org.uk/ The Last White Rose (Elizabeth of York) May 3
	Ben Kane http://www.benkane.net King (1192) April 28
	Sonallah Ibrahim trans. Bruce Fudge The Turban and the Hat April 19
	Vaishnavi Patel https://vaishnavipatel.com/ Kaikeyi April 26
	Vanessa Hua http://www.vanessahua.com Forbidden City April 19

Wayback Machine - What a Lady Wants - Victoria Alexander

March 22, 2022

Well, that was fun!

https://victoriaalexander.com/

You know, I’m a big fan of quick-witted comebacks. The reason for that is probably due to the fact that it takes me days after the fact to come up with a zinger. I’m one of those, “I-should-have-said-that” people. I’m always impressed with written dialog which lends itself to repartee. One of my favorite movies from my top 100 list is the old classic His Girl Friday. The rapid-fire quips, and overlapping dialogue in that movie are due to four things: the director, Howard Hawks, the actors, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, but most of all to the writing of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Yes, an actor can bring the written word to life, but without some good writing, the actor just doesn’t have a chance. And, it really doesn’t matter how many awards an actor has won, they need something to play upon. Well, my little Petunias, on the pages of What a Lady Wants you will find a prelude to some rapid-fire dialog. The words in this book open up all kinds of visual panorama. Granted, the hero in this book was not as suave, or cleverly sly as Cary Grant. Nigel Cavendish is more muddled than suave. He is just never able to keep up with the heroine, Lady Felicity Melville, no matter how much he tries. And, he tries.

Since I have managed to fail in my last author glom, I decided to jump into the Wayback Machine and reread some of Victoria Alexander’s old books. The Last Man Standing series was my pick. I couldn’t get into the first book in the series, A Little Bit Wicked (2006).  But the second book, What a Lady Wants (2007), was highly entertaining. I loved almost all of it! If I had any qualms, it would be the hero turning into a bonehead toward the end of the book, but thankfully that didn’t last for very long. My other issue was: fate. Fate was a big part of this story, and was mentioned a a gazillion times!!! I could have done with a little less “fate” talk.

Anyway, Lady Felicity Melville is wishing on a star, when there is a noise in the neighbor’s house. A big noise, an irate husband noise. It seems that the neighbor’s wife is having a little “roll” with our hero, Nigel Cavendish. Nigel climbs out the second story, runs to Felicity’s house, climbs up her trellis and steps into Felicity’s room. A bunch of fun dialog happens, and Felicity decides Nigel is her destiny. And, nothing Nigel says through the rest of the book can deter her.

I loved Felicity. While she had a bit of a stalker-chick about her, it was all fun. She was one determined woman, and Nigel was the man she was determined to marry. Nigel on the other hand, was a loose-screw who never wanted to marry. In fact, he and his three friends had agreed to a “not-ever-going-to-marry” tontine. I also loved Nigel; never was a man so befuddled, and, so desperate to escape. I think befuddled heroes are one of my favorite things.

Overall, I enjoyed taking a ride on the Wayback Machine, and rereading What a Lady Wants. Nigel and Felicity’s encounters made for a number of delightful moments. As far as the others in this series, it was similar to the Star Trek even/odd phenomena. I was not able to completely reread A Little Bit Wicked (2006), and Secrets of a Proper Lady (2007). But I loved What a Lady Wants (2007), Seduction of a Proper Gentleman (2009), and the short story, Lady Amelia’s Secret Lover (2009). I suggest you take a look at this series…in your spare time.  Now on to further adventures in the Wayback Machine, and I’m looking in particular for some of my old author’s who have last names starting with A. I hope this brilliant idea works.

 

Time/Place: 1880s England 

Sensuality: Warm/Hot